Wizard's Journey

Chapter 746 Gathering of Heroes

Inside the main hall, Black Phoenix and Green stood side by side, while Little Eight, who was playing in the distance, was summoned back by Green and landed on his shoulder.

After a moment of distortion in the space above the black phoenix's wings, a ripple appeared in the water, and a constantly rotating eyeball emerged—the coordinates left by the one-eyed troll for the black phoenix.

With a "pop," the eyeball enveloped Black Phoenix and Green like a bubble. The surrounding space became illusory, and after a period of intense spatial compression, Green and Black Phoenix appeared in an unfamiliar space.

"The timing is perfect."

A three-meter-tall, one-eyed abyss troll approached, its enormous single eye staring at Grimm for a moment before turning to Black Phoenix and asking, "Is he alright?"

The bubbles formed from the eyeballs burst, and after flying in the air at high speed for two circles in a high-pressure posture, the Black Phoenix said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, it's enough to take the place of the Ginseng Tree Fairy."

As she spoke, the black phoenix slowly landed on a huge, unidentified beast skeleton.

On the other side, Green looked around. The entire hall was like a bone and armor art exhibition hall, with all sorts of strange and grotesque creatures standing in bone and armor, seemingly silently telling the story of the growth and glorious achievements of this one-eyed troll from the abyss.

"Shadow of Despair, do you see those bone armor pieces over there?"

Following the direction the black wind pointed, Grimm looked over and saw a human wizard's bone armor, placed in the most conspicuous position in the hall, seemingly holding extraordinary significance for the one-eyed troll.

"This is a four-star Holy Tower supreme expert who was killed by One-Eye five hundred years ago. He had just fallen from the throne outside the abyss. After falling from the throne, this Abyss King came to the surface of the abyss to hone himself and went on a killing spree against the Abyss Troll race. He was besieged by the Troll race and was eventually killed by One-Eye."

The skeleton of a powerful being who once served as the King of the Abyss in the Four-Star Holy Tower.

Green narrowed his eyes slightly, his opinion of the one-eyed troll, which he already held in high regard, rose even higher.

"Alright, let me explain the operation plan to you in detail. After twenty years of preparation, breaking the ancient seal of this Sacred Relic Ruins is no problem at all. Moreover, judging from the subtle traces of rules that have been inadvertently revealed within, there must be some ancient magical artifacts or even rare and extinct materials left for us to excavate. This time, we will each rely on our own efforts to obtain what we need in the ruins. We just need to look out for each other when we leave to prevent being targeted by others. This is a contract of fate."

After the one-eyed troll finished speaking, he specifically looked at Green.

It is commonplace and unsurprising for exiles on the surface of the Abyss to kill each other over disputes over certain etiquette.

"Hehehe, my young master's goal is to seal the remains of the bone demon inside. I reckon those ancient demon servants will definitely have their eyes on my young master."

After Green signed the fate contract, Xiao Ba said with a sly smile, while Black Phoenix and One-Eyed Troll both looked indifferent.

It seems that what the two are after will also attract a lot of enemies vying for their attention.

"Here, let's each take one of these three Heart-Connecting Grasses. The spatial power inside the seal is disordered, so we can only communicate with it through some special means. These are consumable items, so we'll use them in critical situations."

Three ordinary-looking blades of dry grass appeared on the black phoenix's wings. It gave one blade of grass to each of Grimm and the one-eyed troll, while Grimm took out two bottles of stamina-restoring potions and gave them to the two of them.

After some discussion, the three left the Cyclops' lair and flew off into the distance.

"Twenty years ago, those ancient demon servants discovered a deep abyss blood iron vein here and secretly began mining it. After our lords discovered this, five people from each side challenged each other to a duel to determine the ownership of the vein. However, during what was supposed to be a peaceful duel, a collision unexpectedly led to the discovery of the sealed ruins of this ancient battlefield buried underground. This ended the duel, and we agreed to break the seal together and explore the site at the end of twenty years."

The one-eyed troll said, glancing at Green, "The primordial abyssal demonic energy inside is extremely dense. It should be sealing the remains of an extremely powerful ancient demon of formlessness. If you want to obtain it, you'll have to fight hard against those ancient demon servants."

Green nodded.

Ancient Demon Servants are the most powerful abyssal creatures summoned by the ancient formless demon from the abyss.

These abyssal creatures, having been controlled by the Ancient Demons of the Aspects for a long time, have absorbed the will of the Ancient Demons into their bodies, which has been passed down from generation to generation through bloodline inheritance, forming the Ancient Demon servants that exist in the Wizarding World today.

Green had once used Abyss Summoning in the Flame Soul World, and he was also accustomed to placing some powerful abyssal creatures as his confidants around him, keeping them close at hand. This was the origin of the Ancient Demon Servant.

However, these loyal servants of the Ancient Demons of No Form are different from the servants summoned by Grin from the Abyss.

Aside from a very few exceptionally powerful abyssal monsters, the vast majority of the servants of the Ancient Demon of No Form are abyssal dragons as their trusted servants. Modern wizards are accustomed to referring to these abyssal dragons, which inherit the will of the Ancient Demon, as abyssal evil dragons.

After about an hour and a half.

The three landed at a troll camp under the control of the one-eyed troll. Tens of thousands of green-skinned and black-skinned trolls surrounded them. After the one-eyed troll spoke solemnly and authoritatively in the troll language, two level-three trolls and twenty level-two trolls came out amidst the cheers of the trolls and followed the three as they flew into the distance.

After flying for ten consecutive days.

The one-eyed troll pointed to a distant mountain whose summit appeared to have been flattened and said, "That's it."

On the ground, large ravines crisscrossed, faintly retaining traces of the battle twenty years ago where ten people agreed to fight. It was clear that the local lord and those ancient demon servants had indeed gone to war over this blood iron vein, and it was not just a matter of verbal negotiation.

A short while later, a large number of powerful individuals had gathered around the teleportation array on the flattened half of the mountain. They were all exiles in different forms who had escaped the rules of the Abyss Holy Tower.

"Gurgle, gurgle! One-Eyed, you even managed to bring in the Black-Feathered Phoenix as reinforcements!"

Just as it landed, a five-meter-tall golden-armored giant boar, leaning on a battle axe, greeted it with a loud laugh. It had a fat head and big ears, a burly physique, and a belly full of fat. It was chewing something incessantly in its mouth.

"Be careful, the Golden Pig King is the oldest and most powerful lord here. Don't say anything more later."

After quietly giving Green instructions, Black Wind took the initiative to greet the exiles. Surprisingly, most of the twenty-odd powerful beings gathered here recognized Black Wind and greeted her warmly.

In contrast, Green, a complete stranger and exile, was completely ignored.

"Um!?"

Suddenly, Green and a witch locked eyes and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes. It was Melgish, the essence of the Sixth Ring Holy Tower Forest!

The witch was clearly stunned for a moment when she saw Green. Then, she spoke in a low voice to an exiled witch carrying a blood-red lightsaber in front of her, which immediately drew a surprised look from the exiled witch carrying the blood-red lightsaber.

The Cyclops, as one of the five local lords who originally agreed to a ten-person duel, brought the same number of subordinates as the other four local lords.

These abyss exiles of different identities were clearly all helpers recruited by the local leaders using their own methods.

"The seal on the ruins has been resealed. Only this teleportation array allows access. Once all ten of us are present, we can work together to open a crack in the sealed ruins, as planned. Be patient; the ancient demon servants should be arriving soon."

The one-eyed troll explained briefly to Grimm, who nodded.

Puff, puff, puff, puff...

Five hourglasses later.

The sound of flapping wings came from afar, and one after another, huge figures braved the howling winds of the abyss and landed on the other side of the mountain. The atmosphere of confrontation was obvious.

Of the five leaders, two were abyssal creatures with ferocious and terrifying forms, and three were powerful abyssal evil dragons, each over thirty meters tall. Needless to say, these were the other five people who represented the Ancient Demon Servant in the original agreement.

Behind these five people, in addition to more than a hundred level two and three abyssal evil dragons and abyssal monster followers, a large number of abyssal exiles had also been summoned.

In fact, the Ancient Demon Servants are like exiles scattered across the surface of the Abyss; they are not a single, unified organization, but rather a collection of scattered forces on the surface of the Abyss.

Even among the servants of the ancient demons, there are numerous conflicts. Not only do they lack a common will, but they also frequently kill each other.

These five leaders of the ancient demon servants are likely a collection of scattered forces from the vast abyss surface area between the Three-Star Holy Tower and the Knight's Perseverance Academy.

(End of this chapter)